Aw so sad and terrible, NOT.
Just heard the news that our local Doom-sayer, God-mobster, wandering nut-job preacher who came down with COVID variant delta will not be needing a ventilator/respirator now but has suffered a kind of nerve damage that has paralyzed his vocal cords,possibly permanently according to the Ear,Nose and Throat Specialists at the Hospital in Mildura, Victoria.
On top of that stroke of sad ( not for us though) misfortune, it appears that once Doom-sayer is released from hospital, the Victorian police intend to him with Breach of Covid Restrictions, Crossing Interstate Borders WITHOUT Clearance during Lockdown Conditions and Vagrancy as well if possible since he never carries with him anyway.
Perhaps we shall finally know what the "Sounds of Silence" are like around our streets in the future.
Can he sign his way out of this one?
IF he has learned any sign language over the last few years of his roaming and preaching then it is either the 2 fingered one meaning (F*** Off) or the single finger sign, aka the bird.
But none of those has ever had any effect on him though anyway.
Couldn't happen to a better candidate.
My sentiments exactly.